By Mary Johnson, Social Security and Medicare Policy Analyst The Senior Citizens League's (TSCL) latest study on Social Security Buying Power found that the average person who retired before 2000 (those age 85 and old ...
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April 2023
Extra COVID-19 Booster now Available for Seniors and other High-risk Americans In mid-April, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that people 65 or older with one Pfizer or Moderna updated booster can roll ...
House GOP Majority Leader McCarthy Believes He will be able to Pass Legislation to Raise the Debt Ceiling
You have undoubtedly heard about the crisis facing our country regarding the “debt ceiling.” Right now, Congress is in a countdown to pass legislation needed to stop our government from defaulting on its debts. The l ...
Senate Leaders Working on New Bipartisan Drug-Pricing Deal
The leaders of two key Senate health committees are trying to strike a deal on a group of drug-pricing bills, including ones to spur generic drug approvals, cut fees from pharmaceutical middlemen, and cap the cost of ins ...
Extra COVID-19 Booster now Available for Seniors and other High-risk Americans
In mid-April, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that people 65 or older with one Pfizer or Moderna updated booster can roll up their sleeves again if it has been at least four months since that last shot. ...
2022 Form 990
22 TSCL Form 990 - PD ...
Inflation Had Long-Term Impacts on Older Households
Press Briefing 4.12.23 ...
Major Drug Companies Announce Lower Insulin Prices
As people in the United States struggle to access affordable insulin, the big three drug corporations that manufacture insulin have repeatedly and sharply raised prices and aggressively sought to extend lucrative product ...
Senate Commerce Committee Approves Bill to Combat Rising Prescription Drug Prices
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has recently passed the bipartisan Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act to increase transparency in prescription drug pricing and hold pharmacy benefit m ...
Controversy over Medicare Advantage Overpayments Continues
In our February update, we told you that according to federal audits, eight of the ten biggest Medicare Advantage insurers — representing more than two-thirds of the market — have deliberately overcharged Medicare for th ...